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Huskers Sweep Past Golden Eagles, 70-51, Tuesday

LINCOLN, Neb. – Senior guard Mariana Camargo (Blumenau, Brazil) scored 19 points in the second half of action, but it wasn't enough to push the Golden Eagles past Nebraska, as they fell, 51-70, Tuesday evening.

The Huskers snapped an ORU five-game winning streak, as the Golden Eagles are now 5-2 overall. NU improves to 6-1 overall and now holds a 4-0 advantage in the all-time series.

Junior forward Janae Voelker (Newton, Kan.) posted her fourth-straight double-double this season, as she posted a career-high 17 rebounds and scored 16 points. Camargo scored 19 points and added nine rebounds, while freshman guard Georgia Jones (Manchester, England) scored seven points.

The NU defense forced 25 ORU turnovers, which allowed the Huskers to score 23 points and Nebraska's Cory Montgomery posted her second double-double this season with 20 points and 11 rebounds.

ORU opened with a 5-0 lead in the first three minutes of action, as Jones hit a three-pointer at 18:13 and Voelker snagged a jumper at 17:46 before the Huskers got on board at 16:57. Nebraska tied it up at 5-all with 16:31 remaining and then took the lead on jumper from Dominique Kelley at 15:52. The Golden Eagles came back to within one point, 10-11, at 12:39 after a freshman forward Cristal Turner (Maidstone, England) three-pointer, as ORU kept to within 10 points until the end of the half when NU took a 28-17 lead heading into the break.

Nebraska came out in the second half on fire, as the Huskers took a 10-2 run in the first four minutes. Camargo busted out in the second with five points in three minutes to cut into the lead, 24-39, at 13:42, while NU took a commanding 53-32 lead with 9:32 remaining. Four more points from Camargo would put ORU trailing, 36-53, with 8:43 to go but the Golden Eagles wouldn't get any closer the rest of the game.

ORU shot 37.7 percent (20-53) from the field, including 25.0 percent (4-16) from three-point range and 63.6 percent (7-11) from the free throw line.

The Golden Eagles out-rebounded the Huskers, 45-38, but turnovers was the difference maker as ORU committed 25 to NU's nine.

NU shot 36.2 percent (25-69) from the field, including 27.8 percent (5-18) from the behind the arc and 78.9 percent (15-19) from the charity stripe.

The Golden Eagles open up conference action this weekend at South Dakota State and North Dakota State. ORU faces SDSU on Saturday, Dec. 6 at 5 p.m. (CT) and then battles NDSU on Monday, Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. (CT). Saturday's and Monday's games are the second and third of ORU's current season-long six-game road trip.

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